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16/10/2001
Pipe bomb attack blamed on loyalists
Loyalists have been blamed for a pipe bomb attack on a Catholic home in north Belfast.
Three pipe bombs were thrown at a house in the flashpoint area of Newington Street around 10pm on Monday October 15.
Two of the devices exploded in the back yard while army technical officers defused a third. No one was injured in the attack but a number of windows were broken.
North Belfast Sinn Féin councillor Gerard Brophy has accused loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) of orchestrating the violence.
Mr Brophy, who was at the scene on Monday night said on Tuesday: “Last night’s attacks in Newington Street were the latest in a series of such incidents on these houses. It was only through good fortune that nobody was killed or injured in the attacks. I have absolutely no doubt that the UDA were behind this attack and that it was intended to kill the occupants of the house.
“For some time now we have been calling for the wall behind the houses in Newington Street to be raises for greater protection to be placed on the backs of the houses. I will be meeting with the Northern Ireland Office today to press them into providing security for the homes in this area.”
The attack has also been condemned by north Belfast MP Nigel Dodds who maintained that such violence would only lead to greater tension in the area.
Meanwhile eight primed pipe bombs, component parts and a handgun were discovered on the outskirts of north Belfast. Army bomb experts found the bomb equipment in a car park on the Upper Hightown Road, Glengormley around 9pm on October 15. The items, which were diffused, have been removed for forensic examination. (AMcE)
Three pipe bombs were thrown at a house in the flashpoint area of Newington Street around 10pm on Monday October 15.
Two of the devices exploded in the back yard while army technical officers defused a third. No one was injured in the attack but a number of windows were broken.
North Belfast Sinn Féin councillor Gerard Brophy has accused loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) of orchestrating the violence.
Mr Brophy, who was at the scene on Monday night said on Tuesday: “Last night’s attacks in Newington Street were the latest in a series of such incidents on these houses. It was only through good fortune that nobody was killed or injured in the attacks. I have absolutely no doubt that the UDA were behind this attack and that it was intended to kill the occupants of the house.
“For some time now we have been calling for the wall behind the houses in Newington Street to be raises for greater protection to be placed on the backs of the houses. I will be meeting with the Northern Ireland Office today to press them into providing security for the homes in this area.”
The attack has also been condemned by north Belfast MP Nigel Dodds who maintained that such violence would only lead to greater tension in the area.
Meanwhile eight primed pipe bombs, component parts and a handgun were discovered on the outskirts of north Belfast. Army bomb experts found the bomb equipment in a car park on the Upper Hightown Road, Glengormley around 9pm on October 15. The items, which were diffused, have been removed for forensic examination. (AMcE)
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